Europe's Unpreparedness for the Heat Wave of the Century Europe has long been spared the worst of climate change's impacts due to its temperate climate.
However, that complacency is about to come crashing down as the continent faces a perfect storm of rising temperatures and extreme weather events.
According to the EU space program's Copernicus study, Europe is now the fastest warming region on the planet after the Arctic, with temperatures soaring at double the global average since the 1990s.